Signaling apparatus



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anger SIGNALING APIARATUS;

Application filed March 13, 1926. Serial No. 94,475.

This invention relates to a signaling apparatus and it is ail-object of the invention to provide an apparatusof this kind especially adapted for use ithin a building and which is operable from any floor of the building to give visual indication oneach' ofthe floors of the approximate location of a life or the like and which also comprises means to operate a hell or other audible. signal to give a sounfdalarm. V i i t' Y It is also an object of the invention toprovide anapparatus of thiskind embodying an ca ng m ns, cperab e roin Baily 'fi o of a building to I give indication 'at each of the floors ofthe approximate location of a fire orfthe like," together with "a 'rec l upon which a' hose of desired le ng'th is normally I wound; said 'reel being llocked against rota;

' t1on when'the lndlcatoris idle and said reel locked reel, said reel having Wrappedtherearound a'portion of ahose extending d'ownardly through all of the floors 'andln cominunica'tion with a suitable source oi 'Water supply, said hose upon release of the reel being readily withdrawn from said reel at any one of the floors.

Furthermore, it is tion to provide an apparatus of this kind operating togive a siinilar signal upon the various floors of a building, said signal being operable from any one ofthe fioors','togeth'e r with ahose normally coupled to asource of Water supply andreadily accessible at each of the floors; the flow through'suchhosebe- I I V I p stand 1' is a hose H of anydesired type but ing normally closed by a valve, saidyalve having means associated therewith permitting the valve to be operated-from any one off the floors. i

The invention consists in the details of construction and in'the combination andarrangement of the several'p arts of'iny ind proved signaling apparatus whereby certain important; advantages are attained and "the device rendered Stapler; fless expensi e" and otherwiseiinoreconvenient and advantageous for use, aslwill'be hereinafter mo f nyset forth. I

"The novel features 0 f m invention Will an object of inven In order that my invention may be the better understoodg rwiu'now proceed to d e} panyin'g;drawings; wherein Flgurel 1s aview in vertical section and scribe the salne'with' reference to the accomof a diagrammatic character taken througha building structure illustrating a signaling apparatus constructed inaccordance' with an embodiment of "my" invention w Figure Qisa'sectionalview taken substan tially on 'thei line'fZ-Z of Figure" 1';

' Figure: '3 'is an enlarged sectional View taken substantially Oififth line 35-23; or Figure 1;"illustr atiiig one of the' indicating' units hereinefnbhdied;

tion and partly in sectloni of" the structur'e a s illiijstiated'EiQhrBg ni'gare's is -a view ijn topjplan of'one of the "audib l'e" signa s herein einployed Figured is airagmenta-ryvieyv partly in ig'ure 42 is. a1v1eW partly in front elevaend elevation andfpartly-in section of'the reel and associated structure as herein discl'osed Y i [Figure 7,1sa

tion illustratingljthe coupling with the-nozzle the reel;

fragmentary View in elevai s Figure 8 is a view in perspectiveof the t V ii attachingine'inber shown in Figure 7 As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, Bf de'notes' a building, of any'desired number or floors andf-Which has f'extending Withinth e lower nearer cell'ar'aavater pipe or 'stan'd '1 in v'vhichi's interposed a'valve 2 0i any desired type and which is adapted to be nioved fiiito open or1closedi positionupon"requisite, rotationof the operating- Wheel 3.

'1 Suitably -*co'upled,"as "at 130* the pipe: or

preferably of a "kind used -ior iire purposes. N ornially this; hose .H' 'e'xtends upwardly of V the building through th e, openings 5 suitably ventional flanged type and is"rotatahly supported; as at a wall' ojf the'building or other suitable support; :The inner flange. 8

offthe reel 'is 'irovided with t-he continuous brake drum 9 concentr-ie'to the axis-of the reel with which normally engages "the pivotedibrake shoe-10 constantly urged into 7.

co'nt act with the 7 drum *9 The outer flange 12 of the reel R, as herein disclosed, is provided adjacent to the periphery thereof with an outstanding handle member or grip 14 to facilitate the winding of the hose upon the reel. It will be readily understood that when the reel R is free to rotate the hose may be readily withdrawn from the reel for use at any one of the floors' The reel R or more particularly the inner flange 8 also carries a ratchet wheel 15 with which is adapted to be engaged a sliding bolt 16 whereby the-reel may be normally held against rotation and thus prevent with drawal ofthe hose l-I therefrom. The bolt 16 is adapted to be automatically released from the'ratchet Wheel 15 in a manner to be hereinafter more particularlyreferred to.

Suitably supported within the upper'floor of the building is an idle pulley 17 around which passes an endless cable 18. The stretches of this cable 18 are disposed through suitable openings 19- in the various floors 6 to permit thecable 18 to be operatively engaged with the wheelfi hereinbefore referred to. The cable 18 preferably has in terposed therein a retractile spring 20 in order to assure the cable18 being maintained taut. When itis desired to cause the waterto flow through the hose H, a stretch of the cable 18 may be properly pulled atany one of the floors to effect the requisite rotation of the wheel or pulley 3'to open the valve 2.

V Suitably positioned within each of the floors of the building is a casing C provlded with a window 21 through which .is adapted to be exposed an indication 22, said indi- 1 cation serving to denote a sparticular'fioor of the building or, if preferred, a'particular-part of such floor, as second'floor front, second floor rear, etc. p r

Mounted within the casing C above and below thewindow 21 are the drums 23 about which are adapted to be wound the end por-v tions of a web 24. On this web 24: are suitably produced the indications 22. The shafts 25 for the drums 23 extend exteriorly beyond a side of the casing G and are provided with the gear wheels 26 meshing with an intermediate gear27 fixed to a shaft 28 rotatably supported by the adjacent side wall of the casing O. This shaft 28 also has fixed thereto a pulley 29 which is coupled by anendle'ss belt 30 with a substantially similar pulley associated with the casing C on the. adjacent floorand so on. Upon requisite pull on any one of the cables 30 the webs 2% within the casings on all of the floors will be caused to move in unison and to an extent to expose through the Windows 21. a similar indication 22 in order that parties on the various floors may readily approximate in what part of the building there may be a fire or other cause for alarm.

The outer end portion of the bolt 16 is operatively engaged with a bell lever 31 suitably supported for swinging movement, a free leg of said lever 81, when the bolt is in looking "engagement with the ratchet wheel 15, immediately underlies a block or enlargement 32 fixed to astretch of the adjacent belt 30. As this stretch of the belt is pulled downwardly to adjust the various webs '2 t'to give the particular locata ing signah'the block or enlargement 82 will impart requisite swinging movement to the bell crank lever 31' to pull the bolt 16 into release position, thus freeing the reel for rotation when pull is imposed upon the hose 1'25 The alarm A may be of any desired type, as for example, a spring operated hell or gong. As the particular construction of the alarm A in itself forms no part of the present invention it is not believed necessary that a detailed illustration and description thereof be given.

Each of the belts 30 preferably has interposed in a stretch thereof a retractilespring 35 to maintain said belt under requisite ten- V sion. l

The free end portion of the hose H is provided with a nozz'leh of desired type provided with an outstandin loop 36 with which is adapted tobe engaged a hook member 37 of an attaching member M. This hook member 37 1s provit ed at its end por tion remote from the hook bill 38 with an eye member 39 with which is suitably connotify the occupants of the various floors.

nected, as at 10, an end portion of a cable 11% 11. This cable is of a length to extend, from the lower floor up to the reel to which it may be suitably attached. By use of this 'member M the cable 41 may be readily attached to the nozzle N and thus provide means whereby the hose to be used may be drawn upwardly,upon requisite rotation of the reel B, through the openings?) in the floors 6 and rewound upon the reel R This member M is provided with a leg 42' sub stantially parallel to the hook member. 3'7 and which is adapted to be inserted within the nozzle, as illustrated in Figure 7, when the member M is in working engagement with such nozzle. This leg 42 serves toeffectively maintain the member M against displacement during the period the nozzle N of the hose is being drawn upwardly.

The attaching member M may be applied to or removed from the nozzle N with ease;

Furthermore, when the member M is engaged with a nozzle N said nozzle N will be lowered from the reel through different floors 1 in a perfectly safe manner.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a signaling apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention is particularlywell adapted for use byv reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and dicators positioned in different portions ofthe building, said indicators being provided with similar indicia, means operable from. different portions of the bu ldingito effect a simultaneous operation of the indicators to' bring into action a similar indication by all of the indicators, a'hose reel, means for normally holding said reel against rotation, and means coacting with the last named means and the means for operating the indicators to release said last named means upon operation of said means for operating the indicators. i v a 2. In combination With a building, a sig nal apparatus comprising a plurality of indicators positioned in different portions of the building, said indicators being provided with similar indicia, means operable from differ- ,7

ent portions of the bu lding to effect a simultaneousoperationof the indicators to bring into action a similar indication by all of the" of hose, means associated with said member for normally holding the hose against removal therefrom, and means coacting wlth said last namedimeans and the means foroperating theindicators to release said last named means upon operatlon of the means for operating the indicators.

8. In combination with a a plurality of floors, an indicator on each floor, each indicator having indicia similar to the indicia on the indicator of each of the other floors, means for bringing into action a common selected indication carried by all of the indicators, a reel rotatably sup ported on the upper floor of the building, means for normally holding said reel against indicators, amember for holding a supply building having rotation, a hose having its nozzle end portion water supply within the lower floor of the building, said hose extending downwardly freely throughthe floors and coupled to said normally wound upon the reel, a source of supply, and means for automatically releasing'the reel upon operation of the indicators.

- 4. In combination with a building having a plurality of floors, an indicator on each floor, each indicator 'havingjindicia similar to the indicia on the indicator of each of the other floors, means 'for bringing into action a common selected indication carried by all of the indicators, a reel rotatably supported on the upper floor of the building, means for normally holding said reel against rotation, a hose having its nozzle end portion normally Wound upon the reel, a source of water supply Within the lower floor'of the building, said hose extending downwardly freely through the floors and coupled to said supply, means for automatically releasing the reel upon operation of the indicators, a normally closed valve withinthe lower floor for controlling the flow from the water supply, and means operable from eachof the floors to move said valve into'open position,

In testimony whereof. I'hereunto' affix my signature.

VVILLARD M. WISE. I 

